Antigone(1984)
British Broadcasting Company
Genre: Drama/tragedy
111 mins./Color
Directed by Don Taylor
Cast:
Juliet Stevenson..........Antigone
Gwen Taylor...............Ismene
Mike Gwilyn................Haemon
John Gielgud................Teresias
John Shrapnel..............Creon
Written by Sophocles (play)
Don Taylor (for film)
Music by Derek Bourgeois
Produced by Lewis Marks

Far From the Madding Crowd (1967)
MGM
Genre: Drama
168 mins./Color
Directed by John Schlesinger
Cast:
Julie Christie..........Bathsheba
Peter Finch............William
Alan Bates.............Gabriel
Terence Stamp.......Sergeant Troy
Fions Walker..........Liddy
Written by Thomas Hardy (novel)
Frederick Raphael (for film)
Cinematography by Nicholas Roeg
Music by Richard R. Bennett
Produced by Joseph Janni

The Rocking Horse Winner (1950)
Genre: Drama
91 muns./B&W
Directed by Anthony Pelissier
Cast:
John Howard Davies..........Paul Grahame
Valerie Hobson..................Hester Grahame
John Mills...........................Bassett
Hugh Sinclaire........ Richard Grahame
Written by D.H. Lawrence (short story)
Anthony Pelessier (for film)
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson

Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Genre: Drama/antiwar
111 mins./Color
Directed by Dalton Trumbo
Cast:
Tomothy Bottoms..........Johnny
Marsha Hunt.................the Mother
Jason Robards..............the Father
Donald Sutherland.........Jesus
Written by Dalton Trumbo (novel/for film)
Cinematography by Jules Brenner
Music by Jerry Fielding
Produced by Bruce Campbell/Tony Monaco/Christopher Trumbo

A Separate Peace (1972)
Paramount Pictures
Genre: Drama/rites of passage
104 mins./Color
Directed by Larry Peerce
Cast:
John Heyle..........Finny
Parker Stevenson...Gene
Peter Brush..........Leper
Victor Bevine.......Brinker
Written by John Knowles (novel)
Fred Segal (for film)

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) (Academy Award Nomination)
Universal Pictures
Genre: Drama
129 mins./B&W
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Cast:
Gregory Peck..........Atticus (Academy Award/Golden Globe Award)
Mary Badham..........Scout (Academy Award Nominee:Supporting Role)
Philip Alford.............Jem
John Megna..............Dill
Estelle Evans.............Calpurnia
Robert Duvall............Boo Radley
Written by Harper Lee (novel)
Horton Foote (for film) Academy Award: adapted screenplay)
Cinematography by Russell harlan
Music by Elmer Bernstein (Global Globe Award)
Produced by Alan J. Pakula

The Good Earth (1937) (Academy Award Nominee)
MGM
Genre: Drama
138 mins./B&W
Directed by Victor Fleming/Sidney Franklin
Cast:
Paul Muni..........Wang Lung
Louise Rainer.....O-lan (Academy Award
Written by Pearl S. Buck (novel)
Cinematography by Karl Freund (Academy Award)
Music by Herbert Stothart
Produced by Albert Lewin/Irving Thalberg

1984(1956)
Genre: Drama/futuristic satire
94 mins./B&W
Directed by Michael Anderson
Cast:
Edmond O’Brien..........Winston
Jan Sterling...................Julia
Michael Redgrave.........General
Written by George Orwell (novel)
Ralph G. Bettison/William Templeton (for film)
Cinematography by C.M. Pennington-Richards
Music by Malcolm Arnold
Produced by N. Peter Rathvon

1984(1984)
Virgin Productions
Genre: Drama/futuristic satire
110 mins./Color
Directed by Michael Radford
Cast:
John Hurt..........Winston
Richard Burton..O’Brien
Suzanna Hamilton...Julia
Written by George Orwell (novel)
Jonathan Gems/Michael Radford (for film)
Cinematography Roger Deakins
Music by Annie Lennox (one song)
Dominic Muldowney
David A. Stewart (one song)
Produced by Marvin J. Rosenblum (executive)

Animal Farm(1955)
DCA Productions
Genre: Animation/political satire
75 mins./Color
Directed by John Batchelor/John Halas
Written by George Orwell (novel)
Joy Batchelor/John Halas/Lothar Wolff
Cinematography by Matyas Seiber
Produced by Louis De Rochemont/John Halas

The Great Gatsby (1926)
Famous Players/Paramount Pictures
Genre: Silent Movie Drama
80 mins./B&W
Directed by Herbert Brennan
Cast:
Warner Baxter..........Jay
Lois Wilson..............Daisy
Carmelita Geraghty..........Jordan
Georgia Hale...................Myrtle
Neil Hamilton..................Nick
Hale Hamilton..................Tom
Written by F.Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Becky Gardiner/Elizabeth Meehan (for film)
Cinematography by Leo Tover
Produced by Jesse L. lasky/Aldolph Zukor

The Great Gatsby(1949)
Paramount Pictures
Genre: Drama
91 mins./B&W
Directed by Elliot Nugent
Cast:
Alan Ladd..............Jay
Betty Field.............Daisy
Ruth Hussy.............Jordan
Barry Sullivan.........Tom
Shelley Winters.......Myrtle
MacDonald carey....Nick
Written by F.Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Cinematography John F. Seitz
Music by Robert E. Dolan
Produced by Richard Maibaum

The Great Gatsby(1974)
Paramount Pictures
Genre: Drama
146 mins./Color
Directed by Jack Clayton
Cast:
Robert Redford..........Jay
Mia Farrow................Daisy
Sam Waterston...........Nick
Karen Black...............Myrtle (Golden Globe Award:Supporting Role)
Lois Chiles..................Jordan
Bruce Dern..................Tom
Written by F.Scott Fitzgerald (novel)
Francis Coppola (for film)
Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe
Music by Nelson Riddle (Academy Award)
Produced by David Merrick

The House of Usher(1960)
American International Pictures
Genre: Horror
79 mins./Color
Directed by Roger Corman
Cast:
Vincent Price..........Roderick
Mark Damon..........Winthrop
Myrna Fahey...........Madeline
Written by Edgar A. Poe (story)
Richard Matheson (for film)
Cinematography by Floyd Crosby
Music by Les Baxter
Produced by Roger Corman

Death of a Salesman(1951)
Columbia Pictures
Genre: Drama
115 ins./B&W
Directed by Laslo bened
Cast:
Frederick March.........Willy Loman (Academy Award Nominee/Global Globe Award)
Kevin McCarthy..........Biff
Cameron Mitchell.........Happy
Royal Beal....................Ben
Mildred Dunnock..........Linda Loman
Written by Arthur Miller (play)
Cinematography by Franz Planer
Music by Alex North
Produced by Stanley Kramer

Death of a Salesman(1985)
Produced by Punch Productions
Genre: Drama
134 mins./Color
Directed by Volker Schloendorf
Cast:
Dustin Hoffman..........Willy Loman
Kate Reid..................Linda Loman
John Malkovich..........Biff
Stephen Lang.............Happy
Louis Zorich...............Ben
Jon Polito...................Howard
Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus
Music by Alex North
Produced by Robert F. Colesberry/Michael Nozik (assoc.)

Hamlet(1948) (Academy Award/Golden Globe Award)
Rank Organization
Genre: Drama/tragedy
153 mins./B&W
Directed by Laurence Olivier (Academy Award Nominee)
Cast:
Laurence Olivier..........Hamlet
Eileen Herlie................Gertrude
Felix Aylmer................Polonius
Terence Morgan..........Laertes
Jean Simmons..............Ophelia
Basil Sydney................Claudius
Written by William Shakespeare (play)
Laurence Olivier/Alan Dent (for film)
Cinematography by Desmond Dickinson
Music by William Walton
Produced by Laurence Olivier

Hamlet(1990)
Calco Pictures/Icon Productions
Genre: Drama/tragedy
135 mins./Color
Directed by Franco Zefferelli
Cast:
Mel Gibson..........Hamlet
Glen Close...........Gertrude
Alan bates............Claudius
Ian Holm..............Polonius
Helens Bonham Carter...Ophelia
Written by William Shakespeare
Franco Zefferelli/Christopher DeVore
Cinematography by David Watkin
Music by Ennio Morricone
Produced by Dyson Lovell

FILMS LINKED TO HAMLET:
Khoon Ka Khoon(1936) from India
Directed by Sohrab Modi

Moi, Hanlet(1952) from Italy
Directed by Giorgio Simonelli

Gamlet(1964) from Russia
Directed by Grigori Kozinstev

The Glass Menagerie(1950)
Warner Bros.
Genre: Drama
107 mins./B&W
Directed by Irving Rapper
Cast:
Arthur Kennedy..........Tom
Gertrude Lawrence.....Amanda
Jane Wyman...............Laura
Written by Tennessee Williams (play)
Cinematography by Robert Burks
Music by Max Steiner

The Glass Menagerie(1973)(TV)
Genre: Drama
100 mins./Color
Directed by Anthony Harvey
Cast:
Katherine Hepburn..........Amanda
Joanna Miles...................Laura
Sam Waterston...............Tom
Michael Moriarty............Jim
Music by John Barry

The Glass Menagerie(1987)
Cineplex Odeon
Genre: Drama
135 mins./Color
Directed by Paul Newman
Cast:
Karen Allen.............Laura
John Malkovich.......Tom
Joanne Woodward..Amanda
James Naughton......Gentleman Caller
Cinematography by Michael Ballhaus
Music by Henry Mancini

The Scarlet Letter(1926)
MGM
Silent Movie
Genre: Drama/historical/sexual
80 mins./B&W
Directed by Victor Sjoerstroem
Cast:
Lillian Gish..............Hester
Henry B. Walthall...Dimmesdale
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

The Scarlet Letter(1934)
Majestic Films
Genre: Drama/historical/sexual
70 mins./B&W
Directed by Robert G. Vignola
Cast:
Hardie Albright..........Dimmesdale
Colleen Moore..........Hester
Jules Cowles..............Pearl
Henry B. Walthall.......Chillingworth
Cinematography by James S. Brown Jr.
Produced by Larry Damour

The Scarlet Letter(1995)
Buena Vista Pictures (distributor)
Genre: Drama/sexual
135 mins./Color
Directed by Roland Joffe
Cast:
Demi Moore..........Hester
Gary Oldman..........Dimmeasdale
Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne (novel)
Douglas Day Stewart (for film)
Cinematography by Alex Thomson
Music by John Barry
Produced by Dodi fayed/Tova Laiter

A Tale of Two Cities(1917)
Fox Film Corp.
Silent Movie
Genre: Drama/historical
70 mins./B&W
Directed by Frank Lloyd
Cast:
Jewel Carmen..........Lucie
Harry DeVere..........Gaspard
Joseph Swickard......Sidney
William Farnum........Charles
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
Clara Beranger (for film)
Cinematography by William Foster

A Tale of Two Cities(1935)(Academy Award Nominee)
MGM
Genre: Drama/historical/friendship
128 mins./B&W
Directed by Jack Conway
Cast:
Ronald Coleman..........Sidney
Elizabeth Allan.............Lucie
Edna May Oliver.........Pross
Reginald Owen............Stryver
Basil Rathbone.............Evremonde
Donald Woods............Charles
Blanche Yurka.............Madame Defarge
Henry B. Walthall........Manette
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
S.N. Behrman/W,P, Lipscomb
Cinematography by Oliver T. Marsh
Music by Herbert Stothart
Produced by David O. Selznick

A Tale of Two Cities(1958)
Rank Organization
Genre: Drama/historical
117 mins./B&W
Directed by Ralph Thomas
Cast:
Dirk Bogarde..........Carton
Dorothy Tutlin.........Lucie
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
T.E.B. Clarke (for film)
Cinematography by Ernest Steward
Music by Richard Addinsell

A Tale of Two Cities(1980)(TV)
Genre: Drama/historical
156 mins./Color
Directed by Jim Goddard
Cast:
Peter Cushing..........Evremonde
Chris Sarandon.......Carton/Darnay
Alice Kriege............Lucie
Flora Robson..........Pross
Written by Charles Dickens (novel)
John Gay (for film)
Produced by Norman Rosemont

FILM LINKED TO A TALE OF TWO CITIES:
The Only Way(1926) from USA
Directed by Herbert Wilcox

Macbeth(1948)
Genre: Drama/tragedy/murder
89 mins./B&W
Directed by Orson Welles
Cast:
Orson Welles..........Macbeth
Jeanette Nolan........Lady Macbeth
Edgar Barrier..........Banguo
Dan O’Herlihy.........Macduff
Written by William Shakespeare
Music by Jacques Ibert

Macbeth(1961)
Grand Prize Films
Genre: Drama/tragedy/murder
Directed by George Schaefer
Cast:
Maurice Evans..........Macbeth
Judith Anderson........Lady Macbeth
Ian Banner................Macduff
Produced by Phil C. Samuel

Macbeth(1971)
Caliban Films
Genre: Drama/tragedy/murder
140 mins./Color
Directed by Roman Polanski
Cast:
Francesca Annis..........Lady macbeth
Jon Finch....................Macbeth
Terrence Baylor..........Macduff
Written by William Shakespeare (play)
Roman Polanski/Kenneth Tynnan (for film)
Music by The Third Ear Band
Produced by Hugh Hefner

FILMS LINKED TO MACBETH:
Kimonosu Jo(1957) from Japan
Directed by Akira Kurosawa

Joe Macbeth(1955) from USA
Directed by Ken Hughes

Men of Respect(1991) from USA
Directed by William Reilly

Julius Caesar(1953)(Academy Award Nominee)
MGM
Genre: Drama/tragedy/historical
120 mins./B&W
Directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast:
Louis Calhern..........Caesar
Greer Garson...........Calpurnia
Deborah Kerr..........Portia
Marlon Brando........Mark Antony
James mason...........Brutus
Written by William Shakespeare
Cinematography by Joseph Ruttenberg (Academy Award Nominee)
Music by Milkos Rozsa (Academy Award Nominee)
Produced by John Houseman

Julius Caesar(1970)
Commonwealth United Entertainment
Genre: Drama/tragedy/historical
117 mins./Color
Directed by Stuart Burge
Cast:
John Gielgud..........Caesar
Charlton Heston......Mark Antony
Music by Michael J. Lewis
Produced by Cedric Messina

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1939)
MGM
Genre: Adventure/family
90 mins./B&W
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Cast:
Mickey Rooney..........Huck
Rex Ingram.................Jim
William Frawley..........the Duke
Walter Connally..........the King
Written by Mark Twain (novel)
Hugh Butler (for film)
Cinematography by John F. Seitz
Music by Franz Waxman
Produced by Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn(1960)
MGM
Genre: Adventure/family
107 mins./Color
Directed by Michael Curtiz
Cast:
Eddie Hodges................Huck
Tony Randall.................the King
Mickey Shaughnessey....the Duke
Archie Moore................Jim
Written by Mark Twain (novel)
James Lee (for film)
Cinematograpgy by Ted D.McCord
Music by Jerome Moross
Produced by Samuel Goldwynn

The Adventures of Huck Finn(1993)
Walt Disney Productions
Genre: Adventure/family
Directed by Stephen Sommers
Cast:
Elijah Wood............Huck
Courtney B. Vance..Jim
Robbie Cultrane.......the Duke
Jason Robards.........the King
Written by Mark twain (novel)
Stephen Sommers (for film)
Cinematography by Janusz Kaminski
Music by Bill Conti
Produced by Barney Bernardi/Steve White (executive producers)

Native Son (I Didn’t Mean To KILL Her!)(1950)
Genre: Drama/racial
91 mins./B&W
Directed by Pierre Chenal
Cast:
Gloria Madison
Jean Wallace
Richard Wright

Native Son(1986)
Cinecom Pictures/Cinetudes Film/American Playhouse Films
Genre: Drama/racial
101 mins./Color
Directed by Jerrold Freedman
Cast:
Victor Love...................Bigger
Elizabeth McGovern......Mary Dalton
Oprah Winfrey..............Mrs. Thomas
Carroll Baker.........Mrs. Dalton
Written by Richard Wright (novel)
Richard Wesley (for film)
Cinematography by Thomas Burstyn
Music by James Mtume
Produced by Lindsay Law (executive)

MOVIES WITH AUTHOR LINKS:
Arthur Miller:
Norma Jean and Marilyn(1996)

Charles Dickens:
Dickens of London(1976)(TV)
Any Friend Of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine(1981)(TV)

F. Scott Fitzgerald:
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle(1994)
Zelda(1993)
Beloved Infidel(1959)

Mark Twain:
The Adventures of Mark Twain(1944)
Mark Twain and Me(1991)(TV)

Sir Walter Raleigh (appears in)
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex(1939)
The Virgin Queen(1955)